Thanks K-Amps. The web was completely vertical from a roof gutter to the ground. She was positioned at the center of the web at approx 5.5 feet high. The wind was somewhat constant but when there was a lull in the breeze I had the lens perfectly set to snap the photo. This took patience in waiting for the stillness. THis capture was after approx 8 or 9 shots - I finally nabbed a good one.

nope .. no cropping and to further enhance the fear element I was about 1 to 1.5 inches away with the web swinging back and forth into the lens..creepy yet exhilarating. I tried to photograph one last tear on my BBQ counter in the back. At first the female was in my sight, I got up close within an inch or two and went to take the shot and she was gone. I quickly looked around the counter top and no luck. Then I ran like hell in house, peeled off half my clothes just in case and the darn thing was never found.

lol that's sounds like the sort of thing i would have done. thinking you can feel it on you somewhere...makes me shiver just thinking about it. what a little girl i am spiders are the only thing that freak me out though, fine with anything else.

anyway back to learning how to use my new toy...5DMKIII woohoo! arrived yesteday